2014 CAMPAIGN FOR CHILDREN TRANSITION PLAN: Strengthening New York City’s Early Childhood Education and After-School Systems

Campaign for Children released a transition plan for strengthening New York City’s early childhood education and after-school systems at a press conference Wednesday, November 13 on City Hall Steps. Executive Directors and advocates from participating organizations were joined by civic leaders, clergy members, and children as they offered priorities and tactics for Mayor-Elect de Blasio in tackling two issues that were central to his campaign message.

REPORT: Cuts to Child Care and After-School Will Force Parents Out of the Workforce

A new report from Campaign for Children based on nearly 6,000 surveys of working parents finds that the City’s proposed cuts of more than $130 million to child care and after-school programs would force parents out of the workforce. 95% percent of surveyed parents said that they rely on access to these programs to keep their jobs.

With Mayor’s Executive Budget, NYC is Moving Backwards

A new report released by the Campaign for Children details how Mayor Bloomberg’s plan to make sweeping cuts to child care and after-school programs is defying the national imperative, laid out by the Obama Administration, to increase funding to these essential programs – especially for low-income children. NYC, where there are more children than any other city in the US, is moving backwards in terms of improving outcomes for children.

Report on the Impact of Instability and Uncertainty on the Child Care and After-School Systems

Read a new report released by the Campaign for Children on January 16, 2013. It finds that child care and after-school programs that rely on City funding face constant uncertainty and instability, which negatively impacts programs that are meant to be a lifeline to New York City’s most vulnerable children and families. The report is based on first hand accounts of child care and after-school providers representing nearly 400 programs citywide. According to their testimony, underfunded contracts and the constant need for the City Council to save programs with one-year funding gives providers no way to plan for the future, and causes children and families to suffer.